Catch basin for wool-washing machines



July 21, 1925. 1.546.578

L.' FURBUSH I CATCH BASIN FOR WOOL WASHING MACHINES Filed Feb. 15 1925 ooooooooo 00000000 00000000 0000a. 0000 Patented July 21, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

rnAn L. run-BUSH, or wnsrronn,'ivrasseeuusurrs, assreuoe T 0. e. saaennrs sons eonronsrrou, or GRAHITEVILLE, iuAssnorrusnr'rs, a GOEPQRATION or MASSACHUSETTS.

CATCH BASIN rou woor-wasnme' naonrnns.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, FRANK L. FiURBUSH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vvestford, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful (latch Basin for lVool-l Vashing Machines, ofw hich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the catch basin under the discharge end of a wool washing or similar machine. These catch basins are constructed in a simple manner (ordinarily and require the removal of the sediment at frequent intervals. This ordinarily is done by hoeing it out at the front. Receptacles have to be used to receive the sediment drawn out over the end and unless it is very carefully done there is a great deal of water and mud scattered around which makes it a disagreeable process and requires cleaning up afterwards, altogether consuming a good deal of-time.

1 he object of this invention is to provide inexpensive means by which the sediment can be removed without these dilficuties.

Reference is to be had to the-accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a part of the discharge end of a wool washing machine with a preferred embodiment of this invention applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a plan of the same with the screen removed;

Fig. 3 is a plan of the main part of the catch basin screens; and

Fig. 4-. is a fragmentary sectional view on the line 1- l of Fig. 1

As stated, it is customary to have a catch basin under the press rolls 11 of a wool washing machine for receiving the water squeezed out, together with dirt and other material that goes with it. This dirt is filled with wool fibers and is a disagreeable thing to handle. It has been customary heretofore to merely hoe it out over the front edge 12 and handle it in a primitive manner, as stated above.

This catch basin is provided with an outlet pipe 13 to which a pump is attached to take the liquor back into the bowl that is extracted from the stock that goes through the rolls and with an outlet 14: for the dirty water that goes through the screens. I prefer to provide thescreens in the form Application filed February 13, 1925'. Serial No. aoeo.

'of a horizontal screen 15 over the center of the catch basin and connect this with the rear bya cast iron imperforate apron 16. This screen 15 is supplemented at the front by an inclined screen 17 extending up to the top of the front wall 12.

Beyond this wall I provide a receptacle '20 extending across thewhole width of the catch basin and of narrow width. ll ithin this receptacle I mount a removable or detachable casing 21 having a horizrmtal screen constituting its bottom. This casing extends throughout the length of the receptacle and is open at one end 23 into a chute 24 which is inclined downwardly. The screen 22 is spaced from the bottom of the receptacle at one end and is inclined so as to rest on the bottom at the entrance to the chute 2 1. This chute will receive the sediment scraped or hoed into it from the screen and deliver it at a lower point where it can be caught in a pail or otherwise discharged.

In the operation of the device the dirty water is drained out through the screens 15 and 15K into the catch basin below and dis charged through the outlet 1% but the larger parts of the mud, etc. that are delivered on the screen have to be :hoed off usual. This operation is not modified by this invention in itself but the sediment is drawn forward up the inclined screen and discharged over the top into the casing 21. It will be noticed that the screen 22 constituting the bottom of this is spaced a little from the bottom of the recepacle to allow further drainage of the liquid parts that are brought over into an outlet 26 where it is drained off. The mud and fibers that do not drain off through this are heed out of this receptacle longitudinally on the inclined chute 24; and collected at one point which avoids the difficulties that have been mentioned above.

This constitutes a very simple way of accomplishing this result and avoids the necessity of the workmen getting under the apron which delivers the wool from the press rolls and permits of the discharge of the sediment in one spot and through a narrow chute so that it can be carried off in pails or otherwise disposed of in a very convenient manner. It adds very little to the expense of the catch basin and saves a considerable amount of time 011 the part of the operatives.

Although I have illustrated and described only a single "form of the invention I am aware of the :tact that modifications can be made therein by any person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in the claims.

Therefore, I do not wish to be limited to all the details of construction herein shown and described but what I do claim is 1. The combination with a washing machine having press rolls, ot' a catch basin located under the press rolls thereof "for receiving the drippings therefrom, a screen in the catch basin spaced above the bottom for separating the solid parts 01: the drippings from the liquid parts, a receptacle located all along one edge of the catch basin into which the solid parts of the drippings can be itroduced from the screen, and means at the end of said receptacle for delivering the solid parts at one point.

.2. The combination with a washing machine having press rolls at its discharge end, 01 a. catch basin located under the rolls, a screen in the catch basin spaced from. the bottom thereof and inclined upwardly at the discharge end, and a narrow receptacle all along said discharge end for receiving the solid parts discharged from the catch basin at all points along the top of the screen.

3. The combination with a washing machine having press rolls at its discharge end, oil? a catch basin located under the rolls, a screen in the catch basin spaced from the bottom thereof and inclined upwardly at the discharge end, a narrow receptacle along said discharge end for receiving the solid parts discharged from the catch basin over the top of that end, a screen in the receptacle spaced from the bottom for separating the liquid parts from the solid parts, an outlet from the bottom of said receptacle for the liquid parts of the material deposited on the screen, and a chute extending from the bottom of the receptacle at one end in a position to receive the solid parts from the second mentioned screen for discharging them therefrom at a single point.

4. In a catch basin for a wool washing machine or the like, the combination with a bottom having an outlet for liquid, of a screen in the catch basin, of a narrow receptacle extending along the end of the catch basin from side to side, a casing in the receptacle having a screen for separating the liquid from the solid parts, said screen be ing inclined so as to discharge from the end of the receptacle, and an inclined chute leading from that end for discharging the solid contents from the screen.

5. In a catch basin for a wool washing machine or the like, the combination with a bottom having an outlet for liquid, of an inclined solid apron at the rear end 01' the catch basin, a horizontal screen in the center connected with said apron, and an inclined screen at the opposite end extending up wardly to the top of the catch basin, of a narrow receptacle extending along the end of the catch basin from side to side, a casin detachably mounted in the receptacle throughout its length and having a screen in the bottom for separating the liquid from the solid parts, said screen being spaced from the bottom of the receptacle throughout most of its length and inclined so as to come into contact therewith at the discharge end of the receptacle, and an inclined chute leading from that end for discharging the solid contents from the second mentioned screen.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto ariixed my signature.

FRANK L. FU tb USI'I. 

